The 'luckiest' Mega Millions numbers in the last several years (2024)

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What numbers win Mega Millions most often? ›

The five most frequent numbers are 17, 31, 10, 46, and 20 — all five have been drawn at least once since the last Mega Millions jackpot was won in December. As for the Mega Ball, only six numbers have been drawn more than 100 times: 1, 3, 9, 10, 15, and 7.

The 'loneliest' numbers

The main numbers that have been drawn the least number of times during the last seven years are 51 and 49. Those numbers have only been drawn 34 times. As for the Mega Ball, one number holds the least-drawn spot: 8, drawn just 18 times in the past seven years.

Mega Millions® tickets cost $2.00 per play. Players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers - five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 25 (the gold Mega Ball) - or select Easy Pick/Quick Pick.

New York state is home to the most Mega Millions jackpot winners, with 42 winning tickets sold in the Empire State. California follows with 36 winning tickets sold in-state. New Jersey, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, Illinois, Texas, and Maryland are the only states that have had more than 10 winning tickets sold.

The most frequently drawn winning numbers from the main barrel are 17, 7, 11, 2, 3 and 9, while the least frequently drawn are 33, 15, 34, 31, 26 and 1.

$522 Million (California)

Once again, this winning ticket was a result of a Quick Pick. The lucky winner chose to take the cash option of $340 million before taxes and said she planned to pay off debt and buy a new home with her newfound fortune.

Hot numbers are the numbers that are drawn most often in any given lottery in any given time frame.

The top 10 are: 11, 7, 17, 27,19, 23, 12,13, 9 and 18. So how do you pick lucky numbers? For those who use birthdays, five of the most commonly drawn numbers are more than 31, meaning they are not likely to have picked them. Another approach that is commonly used is to look for numbers that have not come up in a while.

What are the luckiest numbers in the world? ›

What are the luckiest numbers? According to superstition, the five luckiest numbers are 3, 4, 8, 9, 12, 21 and 77. However, these numbers may not be considered lucky by all cultures.

To play, pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers: either five different numbers from 1-70 for the white numbers, and one number from 1-25 for the gold Mega Ball. You win the Mega Millions jackpot by matching your numbers to all six numbers pulled in the drawing.

Game data dating back to 2002 shows 18 states and the Virgin Islands have yet to sell a jackpot-winning Mega Millions ticket: Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming, as well ...

All states except the following eleven, along with Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, do not tax national lottery winnings: Alaska, California, Delaware, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming. All other states do tax national lottery winnings.

Eight states don't charge any income tax on lottery winnings: California, Florida, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming.

Mega Millions tickets cost $2 per play. To play, pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers: either five different numbers from 1-70 for the white numbers, and one number from 1-25 for the gold Mega Ball.

The odds of matching all four numbers in the exact order in a Pick 4 drawing are 1 in 10,000. The numbers 1-0-1-0 are one of the most popular combinations of numbers played in the Pick 4 game.